Jatropha World Series » Jatropha World 2009 KL Speakers

Speaker Profile: Chumroen Benchavitvilai, Executive Officer and Co- founder of Bioenergy Development Co., Ltd

suann — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:53:54 +0000

Bioenergy Development Co., Ltd (BEDC) is supported by the Thai local business group in edible Ethanol. The business vehicle is to develop the Bioenergy focusing on the Biofuel .

BEDC promotes cultivation of energy crops especially Jatropha curcas under contract farming scheme. BEDC is having the model plantation in few locations in all countries as the nurseries to generate the quality planting material and training for all members. BEDC provides the planting materials and training on proper cultivation methods along with offtake buy-back contract at the variable prices according to the other feedstock of combined vegetable oil, with the minimum guarantee prices.

BEDC has a close relationship with Jatropha School of Kasetsart University to update and train key local staff from Lao, Cambodia and Myanmar on jatropha.

Currently BEDC is the key supporter and offtaker for the Lao Bioenergy Corporation, Cambodia Bioenergy Development, and Myanmar Bioenergy Development (under-construction).

BEDC is now preparing to establish their own plantations in Kumpong Spue (Cambodia) 3,000 hectares and Boekeo (Lao) 4,000 hectares and Vientiane (Lao) 8,000 hectares)

BEDC has a pilot oil expelling mill in Thailand to process all the Jatropha seeds in the past one year into Crude Jatropha oil (CJO) and supply to various Biofuel developer in Germany, Japan and USA especially Terasol who is the core supplier of all CJO to UOP for Jet Fuel R&D.

The commercial scale of oil expelling mill with capacity of 150 TPD will be commissioning in 2009.

BEDC has close cooperation with Suranaree Technology University in Thailand to develop Jatropha biomass additional to the CJO to create the value added products, specially BTL and Biogasification. This would increase the commercial viability of jatropha.

BEDC is truly a Jatropha practitioner with the real experiences in Jatropha from cultivation and Jatropha Oil and Jatropha Biomass processor.

Speaker Profile
Chumroen Benchavitvilai (BSc. Chemical Engineering and MBA) is the Executive Officer and co-founder of Bioenergy Development Co., Ltd (BEDC) which is supported by Thai business group in edible Ethanol. BEDC’s main business is to develop Bioenergy with a focus on Biofuel. He has been involved in the studies and researches of a few energy crops in Thailand and neighboring countries like Lao, Cambodia and Myanmar.

BEDC promotes cultivation of energy crops especially Jatropha curcas under contract farming scheme. BEDC provides the planting materials and training on proper cultivation methods along with buy-back contract at variable prices calculated according to other feedstocks of combined vegetable oil, with a minimum price guarantee.

BEDC has a pilot oil expelling mill in Thailand to process Jatropha seeds and has been supplying crude jatropha oil (CJO) to various biofuel developers in Germany, Japan and USA especially Terasol who is the core supplier of all CJO to UOP for Jet Fuel R&D.

BEDC is now preparing to establish their own plantations in Cambodia and Lao.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
10:40 Thailand / Mekong Region
Day 2 – Tuesday, February 17
09:35 Value Created by Jatropha – Zero Waste Concept

JATROPHAWORLD 2009 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Kuala Lumpur from February 16 to 17, 2009, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/

Speaker Profile: Hishamuddin Koh, Senior Consultant, Myanmar Agri-Tech

suann — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:25:56 +0000

Myanmar Agri-Tech Ltd., a member of SPA/FMI Group Of Companies incorporated on the 12th December 2006, is a leading player in the production, processing and marketing of Jatropha Curcas (JC) seeds in Myanmar as a Biofuel crop.

Since its incorporation on the 12th December, 2006 the company has achieved many milestones.

It has established a JC nursery producing high quality seeds both for its own plantation requirement at Maw Tin as well as overseas markets.
It has established a world class model for a JC plantation at Maw Tin – totaling 100,000 Acres including Infrastructure planning and development.
It has collaborated research activities with the internationally renowned institutes like University of Sichuan Life Science Department.
It has established trading centers and warehouse facilities to assist farmers to market JC seeds with nearby market and quick payment through MAGT and its network in each location where the trading centers are located.
The next stage of development on the planting side is to introduce contract farming with the view to increase the qualitative and quantitative aspects of farmer’s JC corps hence their productivity and income.

From Seed to Oil
MAGT in collaboration with Enertech of Korea, the Leading producer of Biofuel in Korea has successfully demonstrated the use of refined bio diesel using Myanmar JC seeds on the 5th of November 2008 on Trucks, 4-Wheel Drive, Bus and Generators. With this demonstration and the accreditation by the Korean Institute of Petroleum Quality, MAGT has completed the Jatropha supply chain from seed to oil.

Speaker Profile
Hishamuddin Koh holds a BSc Degree in Agriculture from Nottingham University U.K. and a Master’s Degree in Agriculture Economics and Marketing from the University of Toronto, Canada. Hishamuddin is a man with a passion for rural development especially in the area of eradication of rural poverty, using agriculture as an accelerator.

Mr Koh has spent 18 years in Myanmar, involving in consultancy and advisory works as a freelance Business Development Consultant, promoting and serving investor from both local and international organizations. He has also worked very closely with the Ministry of Agriculture And Irrigation Of Myanmar, particularly the Myanmar capital Agriculture Service, Myanmar Farm Enterprise as well as Myanmar Perennial Corps Enterprise.

In August 2005 his was invited by Mr Serge Pun, Chairman FMI/SPA Group Of Companies to spearhead the Development of their newly established Agriculture Division now known as Myanmar Agri-Tech Ltd. (MAGT) as Senior Consultant. In this capacity he has introduced and developed Jatropha Curcas as a major Bio Fuel crop for the company.

Prior to this, he was the first Asian Consultant to the Northern Territory Government of Australia. In his capacity as Asian Consultant he brought investment projects totaling over 200 Million Australian Dollars which contributed significantly to the rehabilitation and redevelopment to Darwin city after the Cyclone Tracy in 1974.

He previously held the position of Director of Industrial Development and Research in the Ministry Of Industrial Development Sabah with a task of eradicating rural poverty and restructuring society.

Overview of presentation

Practitioner Roundtable – Myanmar
Day 1 [Mon 16, February], at 09:50 AM
This paper presents a systematic development of a model Jatropha plantation carried out by Myanmar Agri-Tech Ltd., a member of Serge Pun and Associates and First Myanmar Investment Group of Companies. The company is progressively developing 100,000 acres of land at Maw Tin, in Ayeyawaddy Division, Myanmar.

The overall activities of the plantation include land clearing, preparation, nursery establishment, a modern plantation office complex, staff and labour quarters specially designed for the project are discussed in the paper. The plantation also introduced an on-job-on-site training programme for agricultural technicians and labour.

It has its own water supply system, a gasifier to supply the energy needs of the plantation, using paddy husk as biomass.

In addition to the plantation, the company has also established trading and warehousing centres in (4) major Jatropha growing areas to assist and educate farmers (small holders) in the marketing of their JC seeds based on a “Corporate-Smallholders Partnership” in Jatropha production and marketing. Contract farming will also play a major in technology transfer, productivity and income raising of small holders.

The company has achieved its “seed to oil” programme hence fulfilling the complete supply chain of Jatropha, on the 5th Nov’08 using 4-wheel drive, trucks, pickups and generators.

Production Experience in Myanmar
Day 1 [Mon 16, February], at 03:35 PM
This paper describes the historical development of Jatropha as an emerging industry in Myanmar. The accelerated development of Jatropha cultivation and the role played by the Government is highlighted. The paper touches on the distribution of and acerage of the crop planted as well as the targets set by the instrumentality of Government’s policy is also highlighted. To-date about 4 million acres have been planted in Myanmar since 2006 and the final target is 8 million acres by end of 2009.

Brief description of the Jatropha research program carried out by the Government is also mentioned. The use of Jatropha as an accelerator of rural development and income is also highlighted.

Finally the objective and role played or to be played by Jatropha as a bio-fuel is discussed.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
09:50 MYANMAR
15:35 PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE IN MYANMAR

Speaker Profile: Pradip Bhar, Managing Director, D1 Williamson Magor

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:49:59 +0000

D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Limited is promoted jointly by D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, UK and Williamson Magor Group in India to promote jatropha plantation in East and North East part of India for manufacture of bio diesel on a commercial scale. The company has since developed the plantation on contract farming arrangement on about 120,000 Hectares of land and expects to commence commercial production of oil from 2010.

Willamson Magor group is the largest producer of tea in India and produces about 75 million kgs of tea annually on a captive scale employing over 110,000 persons. D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited is a joint venture between D1 Oils plc and British Petroleum for development of bio fuel globally on a commercial scale.

Speaker Profile
Pradip Bhar is a Chartered Accountant and Management Accountant by education and have served about 27 years in various industries out of which last 22 years in tea plantation. He has served Williamson Magor Group in the capacity of Cost Controller for tea plantation operations. Williamson Magor is the largest tea plantation company in India and produces about 18% of country’s produce. Currently, he is the Managing Director of D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Limited.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
14:35 MANAGEMENT OF OUTGROWER SYSTEM (INDIA CASE STUDY)
16:00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON PRODUCTION MODEL

Speaker Profile: Eduardo Bundyra, CEO, Biotins Energia

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:44:36 +0000

BIOTINS
Close to 600 families, already working under Contract Farming, and is signing up another 400 for the current harvest, totaling an area of 1000 hectares already in Production, and increasing by another 800 hectares, by the end of 2009.

Current industrial capacity of 8.000 Tons/ year of B100, using modular Technology, and already purchased two more production Modules, which increases the Industrial Capacity to 24.000 Tons per year by the last quarter of 2009. The choice of this Modular concept is related to the fact that the yearly increases of the Jatropha plantation, can be matched by increased Industrial Capacity. In the current factory, which has been operating and delivering European Standard B100 for 8 months, the total capacity is 5 modules or 40.000 Tons per year.

SAUDIBRAS
The Agriculture arm of the business, was started in 1979, mainly for cattle production. In 1994, Grain (mainly rice), and Pineapple production for export were introduced. In 2005, a new crop “Jathropha” was introduced to the Agricultural operation and a new company, BioTins-Energia, was created for Biodiesel production.

Currently, Saudibras has 4.000 hectares planted in 3 diferent harvest seasons, in own land, and expects to harvest close to 3.000 Tons of seed in the first semester of this year alone.

Speaker Profile
Eduardo Bundyra graduated in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at King’s College, London and did a Postgraduate program in Finance and Marketing at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo.

He obtained industrial experience at BAT and Unilever. Thereafter, he was involved in the Advanced Technology Project Development at ENGESA (Brazilian Military Industry).

He founded the company Gryphonn Tecnologia which was specialized in Industrial Automation and Computer Aided Design. In 1993, he sold the company and moved to Family owned Business, Saudibras Agropecuária, with main business activities in Cattle, Grain and Fruit Production. In 2006, he founded BioTins-Energia for Biodiesel Production.

Overview of presentation
Topic: Commercial Jatropha Planting & Biodiesel Production in Brazil
The presentation will start with an overview of Brazilian Biodiesel Program, and the current
status of Jathropha in Brazil. It will follow with a description of the BioTins-Energia (Saudibras) plantation, which will include different planting techniques, evolution of the plants, measuring techniques, Manual harvest calculations and more important a description of the real costs of the crop obtained by our experience.

Topic: Family Agriculture and Contract Farming
The presentation will provide an overview of the Brazilian Agrarian reform program, and the numbers of Family Agriculture in the State of Tocantins. A description of how BioTins, obtained the support for Jatropha first from the State of Tocantins and then from Federal Technical bodies, as well as obtaining and helping format Long-Term financing for the crop. It will end with a description of how the BioTins contract works, the technical support that is available from the Company and from the State, and the forms of enforcing the performance of the Contract

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
09:10 COMMERCIAL JATROPHA PLANTING & BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL
15:15 FAMILY AGRICULTURE & CONTRACT FARMING (BRAZIL CASE STUDY)

Speaker Profile: Drs. Ir. William Nolten, Asia Director, Waterland International Group

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:30:32 +0000

WaterLand Synergy Pte Ltd is a private limited liability corporation registered in Singapore, Waterland
BioScience LLC is a private limited liability corporation registered in the USA
PT Waterland Asia Bio Ventures is a limited liability corporation registered in Indonesia.

All above mention companies are one of the many affiliated companies of the WaterLand International Group of companies.

WaterLand Synergy Pte Ltd is focused on the intercropping and multi-cropping of “food” crops technologies between Jatropha Curcas L plantations. By intercropping and multi-cropping “food” crops with Jatropha, the programs become much more economically feasible and profitable for both the investors and the farmers. However, as the plantations are expanded, the local markets are not sufficient to buy all of the “food” crops produced. Export markets must be developed which requires high quality “food” crops and value added post-harvest processes. WaterLand Synergy provides the agronomy expertise and technologies as well as the international markets to make this possible and provides the farmers with the training, technologies, high caliber seeds and plant stocks, and a guaranteed purchase agreement for the “food” crops that are produced between the Jatropha.

Waterland BioScience LLC have 4 R&D centers located in Indonesia, Vietnam, The Netherlands and Malaysia.

Their mission and goals are:

Research & Development of Energy and Food Integrated cropping systems;
Bringing marginal lands into productive and sustainable production;
Bringing biodiversity and restoring ecological balance to degraded or deforested lands;
Helping to alleviate rural poverty and hunger and need for energy
Bringing technology to enhance food security and energy self-sufficiency in rural areas;
Supplying better technology and seeds for higher value and income, market, industry
R&D on by-products of Jatropha as organic fertilizers, energy agro pellets, bio-pesticide, “natural” medicine, etc.
Education and training material to farmers and community for better planet and quality of life

The joint venture cooperation between Waterland International Group, State-owned forestry, local & national government, local farmers group, community learning center and JAFA (Jatropha Farmers) Foundation in Indonesia has been a fact in the legal body of PT Waterland Asia Bio Ventures. Starting from production and exporting of wood waste Biomass products to Jatropha plantations and crude PPO Jatropha oil.

Speaker Profile
Drs. Ir. William Ludwig Nolten, BSc, MSc, in his function as the Region Asia Director of the Waterland International Group based in Rotterdam the Netherlands, President Director of PT Waterland Asia Bio Ventures based in Jakarta – Indonesia, Technical Director of WaterLand Synergy based in Singapore and is also the Chairman of the Waterland BioScience LLC based in the USA.

Drs. Ir. William Ludwig Nolten, Bsc,MSc, completed his studies in the Netherlands with a focus on (MSc in) Science and Innovations Management (NW&I – specialized in Quality Management Systems) and BSc in Plant Biochemistry and food Microbiology.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 2 – Tuesday, February 17
11:35 UTILISATION TECHNOLOGY OF JATROPHA SEEDCAKE

Speaker Profile: Dr Alok Adholeya, Director, Biotechnology & Bioresources Division, TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute)

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:18:59 +0000

TERI was formally established in 1974 with the purpose of tackling and dealing with the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to be faced with in the years ahead

on account of the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite energy resources which are largely non-renewable and
on account of the existing methods of their use which are polluting

The Institute has grown substantially over the years, particularly, since it launched its own research activities and established a base in New Delhi, its registered headquarters.

TERI has US$9.4 million funding from BP (British Petroleum) to demonstrate the feasibility of producing biodiesel from jatropha curcas.

The project, which is expected to take 10 years will cultivate around 8,000 hectares currently designated as wasteland with jatropha and install all the equipment necessary for seed crushing, oil extraction and processing to produce 9 million liters of bio-diesel a year. A full environmental and social impact assessment on the supply chain and a life cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions will be completed as part of the project. TERI will be responsible for the day-to-day management and execution of the project.

Speaker Profile
Dr Alok Adholeya is currently the Director of Biotechnology and Bioresources Division at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), New Delhi, an independent, not-for-profit research organization, which he joined in 1986. Many awards and honours have come his way including the Gwalior Ratna in 2000, the Paryavaran Sanrakshan Samman (an award for protecting the environment) in 1999, Young Scientist Award in 1999, and the Biotech Product and Process Development and Commercialization Award 2004 by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

He has found ways to harness the power mycorrhizae to increase the productivity of crop plants, and to restore degraded lands. The increased demand for mycorrhizal biofertilizer prompted him to commercialize it. He has developed many other technologies involving mycorrhiza in the reclamation of industrial wastelands. He has also identified suitable microbes beneficial for growing biofuel crops.

He has published over 60 research papers in reputed national and international journals and has also been a member of the editorial boards of many of them. He has often chaired many advisory committees on agriculture and bioremediation, and has guided 11 doctoral students and many masters’ students so far. He also acts as an invited reviewer for several reputed journals. He is also an invited speaker in many international forums.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
09:30 FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION ON WASTE LAND
16:45 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTION TO DEVELOP FUTURE CULTIVARS

Speaker Profile: Mike Taverner, Executive Chairman, Jatoil Ltd.

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:57:19 +0000

Jatoil Limited is a green energy company that aims to realise the potential of jatropha oil as a sustainable feedstock for the burgeoning global biodiesel industry. Our business is based on establishing plantation projects (oil fields) in South East Asia to grow oil-yielding jatropha curcas.

Jatoil has expertise in the cultivation and processing of jatropha, and aims to establish a dominant trading platform in Indonesia and Vietnam, and develop a business mode that can be applied to other countries such as Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Speaker Profile
Dr Mike Taverner is a founder and executive chairman of the Australian renewable energy company Jatoil Ltd. He is an agricultural scientist and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. For many years he was a research scientist in agriculture but for the past 20 years he has been on the boards of corporations and companies associated with developing and commercializing technology. He chairs Bluglass Ltd, another green energy company in Australia and also operates his own consulting and training business.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
14:55 REACHING A WIN-WIN OUTCOME FOR COMMERCIAL JATROPHA FARMERS (VIETNAM CASE STUDY)

Speaker Profile: Connie Lo, Senior Consultant, Nexant Asia Limited

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:51:03 +0000

Nexant is an independent international energy consulting company with about 300 professional consultants in offices located around the world, including San Francisco, New York, Houston, London, Bangkok ,Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Buenos Aires.

Nexant includes Chem Systems which was acquired in 2001 and has been providing management consulting services to the petroleum and chemical industry since 1964.
Nexant has also played a pivotal role in the development of Bio-Fuels, consulting and providing their expertise to clients in all stages of the Bio-Fuels development, such as:

· Strategy and business planning
· Master planning/feasibility studies
· Techno-economic and commercial analyses
· Market review for both products and by products
· Technical and environmental evaluations
· Transaction related support (project finance, M&A, privatisation, private equity)
· Financial evaluation
· Competitor analyses and benchmarking

Recognizing the issues from the existing generation of Bio-Fuels which are very much dependent on food crops, Nexant is also considering other viable options, such as the cultivation of Algae, Jatropha and the development of 2nd generation Bio-Fuels based on Bio-Mass as alternative energy resources

Speaker Profile
Connie Lo is a Senior Consultant with Nexant Asia Limited. Prior to joining Nexant, Connie was with JJ-Lurgi Engineering, responsible for developing Lurgi’s Bio-Fuels activities across South East Asia and China. During that time, she had also gained extensive experience in leading projects in the areas of Oleochemicals and Edible Oils. Connie holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from the University Science of Malaysia before obtaining a Masters Degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College in the UK.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
14:05 CHANGING TIMES-PROSPECTS FOR BIOFUELS AND JATROPHA

Speaker Profile: Vijay Sethu, CEO & Head of Energy Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, CIMB Standard Strategic Asset Advisors Pte Ltd

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:00:02 +0000

SEASAF is a USD150m private equity fund specialising in energy, infra and resources projects in the ASEAN region. To date it has made 4 investments in the region, in companies involved in the power, tollroads, education and mining sectors respectively. During the last 3 years it has actively evaluated numerous projects in the biofuels space including biodiesel processing plants and CPO, Castor and Jatropha plantations. Whilst it has not yet made an investment in this space, we anticipate doing so in 2009.

Speaker Profile
Vijay Sethu has over 15 years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and project finance across Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and Latin America. Prior to becoming CEO of the Advisor, Vijay spent 4 years with Australia New Zealand (“ANZ”) Investment Bank based in Singapore, first as the Head of Power and later as Executive Director, Head of Project and Structured Finance for Asia. During this period, Vijay ‘s team advised on and arranged numerous debt transactions for high profile energy, infrastructure and resources projects, winning over 20 “Deals of the Year” awards. Most recently in 2005, his team won the “Asian Project Finance Bank of the Year” award by Global Finance.

Prior to joining ANZ Investment Bank in Singapore, Vijay was Vice President and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for Asia Pacific, Africa and China, at Enron. During this time, he was involved in numerous oil, gas and power asset transactions. Earlier, Vijay spent an initial 8 years with ANZ Investment Bank in Melbourne, London and New York. His last position was Head of Global Structured Finance for the Americas, where the bank focused particularly on Latin America and successfully completed several resources, oil and gas and power transactions. Vijay spent the earlier part of his career with KPMG Peat Marwick in New Zealand and Exxon in Malaysia.

He has an MBA from Auckland University, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK, an Associate of the New Zealand Society of Chartered Accountants and also qualified with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 2 – Tuesday, February 17
12:05 REQUIREMENTS & CONCERNS OF FUNDING JATROPHA PROJECTS

Speaker Profile: Dr. Charles V. Fishel, Chairman and CEO of Abundant Biofuels Corporation

suann — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:55:02 +0000

Abundant Biofuels Corporation is an integrated renewable energy company building partnerships in energy-dependent developing countries to produce bio-diesel and create renewable oil fields.

The Company is building jatropha-based energy projects in the Philippines and Colombia on 500,000 hectares of marginal, underused land; it is pursuing developments in several other countries, as well, without deforestation, diversion of productive agricultural land or irrigation.

Speaker Profile
Dr. Charles V. Fishel is Chairman and CEO of Abundant Biofuels Corporation. He serves on the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausaane Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (Environmental Impacts Working Group and Social Impacts Working Group). He serves as a director on the boards of several public and private for-profit companies, including the Brownfield Foundation, Inc., a charitable, non-profit corporation dedicated to land recycling for the good of the community and the environment.

He has held senior management, finance and legal roles with Fortune 100 multi-national organizations (Intel, Teledyne, Carnation Company, Peter Kiewit Sons’ and Williams Companies) as well as start-up companies. Industry experience includes technology (electronics, biotechnology and nanotechnology), insurance, construction, mining, broadcasting, food processing, energy, manufacturing, public utility, and consulting about technology evaluation and commercialization.

Dr. Fishel teaches at San Jose State University and is a visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of Global Business Strategies (CyclopsMedia: 2004). His teaching emphases are global business strategy, entrepreneurship, global dimensions of business, and law.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
14:00 Chairman’s Remarks

Speaker Profile: Patrick Horka, Project Manager, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd

suann — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:22:23 +0000

South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. is a leading developer of high quality carbon credits, founded and managed by highly experienced carbon market professionals. It was the first company worldwide that generated and brought to market issued CERs with the Gold Standard quality label. South Pole staff has advised successfully registered CDM and VER projects with a forecasted total of more than 100 million tCO2e till 2012.

Our services:
• Carbon Asset Development. We develop emission reduction projects together with technology partners;
• Sourcing. We identify and contract high-quality emission reductions for large buyers;
• Advisory Services. We provide distinctive advisory services on carbon markets.

Speaker Profile
Patrick Horka is a project manager at South Pole. Patrick holds a Master in Environmental Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. In his Master Thesis “A Biofuel Baseline and Monitoring Methodology under the Clean Development Mechanism: The State of the Art, a new Proposal with a LCA Approach and a Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Estimation” he addressed the main sustainability problems but also possibilities of Biofuel projects to generate Carbon Credits.

Currently he is involved in a 500,000 hectares Jatropha plantation project on degraded land in the Philippines bringing 25 million carbon credits to the market. Another 500,000 hectares in the Philippines are planned in the coming years.

Overview of presentation
The presentation will clearly point out the current possibilities of Biofuel producers to obtain carbon credits. So far it has hardly been possible to claim credits for replacing fossil fuels through Biofuels. Still, other options such as gaining credits by implementing afforestation/reforestation, biomass or biogas projects are feasible options. The best combination of carbon projects to maximize the output on carbon credits depend on several parameters that need to be evaluated carefully.

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 2 – Tuesday, February 17
15:05 HOW CAN JATROPHA PROJECT QUALIFY FOR CARBON CREDITS?

Speaker Profile: Dr. K.T. Parthiban, Associate Professor, Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

suann — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:13:32 +0000

The Forest College and Research Institute is one of the constituent colleges of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) located at Mettupalayam in the sylvan surroundings of foot hills of the Nilgiris. The institute has been mandated with biofuel research programme over a decade and contributed significantly for the promotion and popularization of Jatropha and other Tree Borne Oil seeds (TBO’s) as a source of biofuel.

The first Jatropha based evaluation trial was established as early in the year 1992 .During the journey of Jatropha improvement programme, the institute has assembled 9 species of jatropha,35 seed sources,106 progenies and more than 35 clones. The narrow variability in the existing Jatropha genetic resources directed the institute to create/induce variability through wide crosses which resulted in excellent and successful hybrid development programme.

The institute has excellent infrastructure facilities both at land and lab level and involved in classical to molecular breeding and developed excellent hybrid derivatives. This institute is supported by various government as well as non-government agencies and corporate sectors and developed varieties on need basis. The institute is mandated with Jatropha based biofuel programme and developed hybrid derivatives and hybrid clones which are under various stages of evaluation. All the research contribution of the institute has been successfully transferred to various stake holders through contract farming. Above all, this institute is known for its excellence in teaching, research and extension activities.

Speaker Profile
Dr. K.T. Parthiban is an Associate Professor at Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Mettupalayam, India. He holds a Doctorate in Forestry, specialized in tree breeding and actively involved in research activities for the improvement of Jatropha and other Tree Borne Oil Seeds (TBO’s) as a source of biofuel.

He has been involved in biofuel programme for more than a decade and intensively involved in promotion and popularization of Jatropha based biofuel plantations through contract farming in association with biofuel industries in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Dr Parthiban has been pioneering in Jatropha hybrid development during the last 7 years through inter and intra specific hybridization using the potential genetic resources identified by him and significantly developed variable Jatropha hybrids with a potential for higher yield and oil. All the Jatropha genetic resources and hybrid derivatives were characterized for the oil content and quality and also through molecular markers. He is currently involved in mass multiplication of Jatropha hybrids through clonal technology and established clonal multiplication area for developed varieties He also acts as resource person on Jatropha and TBO’s based biofuel programme to industries, NGO’s and institutions and effectively transferred the developed precision technologies.

Overview of presentation
A) Current Jatropha improvement
- Problems exist in the available Jatropha genetic resources
B) New initiatives through hybridization/breeding
- Breeding methods -Inter and intra specific hybridization
- Reproductive system
- Pollen-pistil interactions
- Cytogenetic
C) Back cross breeding
- Methodology
- Hybrid derivatives
- Hybrid evaluation
- Hybrid characterization for oil and yield
D) Clonal propagation of hybrid derivatives
- Clonal Multiplicaiton and Testing Area (CMA & CTA)
E) Significance of hybrid

JatrophaWorld 2009 Kuala Lumpur Speaker
Day 1 – Monday, February 16
17:15 JATROPHA HYBRIDS – A PROMISING BIOFUEL DEVELOPMENT